Apr 3, 2014

Oregon’s baseball team heads north to face Washington, a surprising early leader in the Pac-12 Conference, this weekend with all three games being shown on the Pac-12 Network. The Ducks and Huskies play at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
The Huskies are 8-1 in the conference while Oregon, Oregon State, and UCLA are tied for second at 6-3. Read more …

Mar 9, 2014

Here’s my story on today’s Oregon baseball win.
It didn’t matter if it was the clean-up hitter or the ninth man in the order, the Ducks kept driving runners home at a record rate.
Oregon scored its most runs since the program was reinstated in 2009 during a 20-4 win over Ohio State on a rainy Sunday afternoon in front of 1,027 at PK Park to take two of three games during a weekend series from the Buckeyes. Read more …

Feb 3, 2014

Oregon sophomore pitcher Cole Irvin will undergo Tommy John surgery on Monday and miss the season.
Irvin is a major loss for the Ducks after he went 12-3 with a 2.48 ERA in 16 starts last season, but Oregon has plenty of depth on its pitching staff as it looks to replace him in the starting rotation. Read more …

Jun 3, 2013

Oregon ran short of pitching in its fifth game in four days and Rice took advantage for an 11-4 victory Monday night at PK Park in the NCAA regionals.
The victory advanced the Owls (44-18) to a super regional at North Carolina State this weekend, with the winner in the best-of-three series gaining a berth in the College World Series. Read more …

Jun 2, 2013

Oregon broke out of its hitting slump Sunday, pounding out 24 hits including three home runs, in sweeping a pair of games to keep its season alive in the NCAA regionals at PK Park.
The second of those wins, 11-0 over Rice, pushed the Ducks (48-15) into their third game of the weekend against the Owls (43-18) on Monday at 6 p.m. Read more …

Oregon freshman Cole Irvin blanked San Francisco after giving up a first-inning home run and Tyler Baumgartner and Shaun Chase homered for the Ducks on Sunday afternoon in a 6-1 win over the Dons in the NCAA regionals at PK Park.
The victory kept alive Oregon’s season and put the Ducks (47-15) up against Rice in another must-win game later Sunday. Read more …

Jun 1, 2013

Jordan Stephens blanked Oregon on two hits and a first-inning run was enough as Rice recorded a 1-0 victory over the Ducks on Saturday in the NCAA regionals at PK Park.
The Ducks (46-15 will play San Francisco (35-23) Sunday at noon in an elimination game, and the winner of that game will go on to play Rice (43-17) at 4 p.m., needing to win again to force a game Monday at 6 p.m. Read more …

May 31, 2013

Ryon Healy doubled in two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning as Oregon overcame South Dakota State, 3-2, in the NCAA regionals on Friday night at PK Park.
It was only the second hit of the game for the Ducks. It came after J.J. Altobelli led off with a walk and was sacrificed to second before Aaron Payne was hit by a pitch. Read more …

May 29, 2013

North Eugene High School graduate Andrew Moore was named the Pac-12 freshman of the year after helping pitch Oregon State to the conference title.
The Beavers also garnered player of the year honors in Michael Conforto and the coach of the year selection for Pat Casey as the conference announced its honors Wednesday. All of the choices were made in voting by the Pac-12 coaches. Read more …

May 27, 2013

Oregon will open the NCAA tournament against South Dakota State on Friday at 6 p.m. at PK Park. The game will be televised on ESPN3.
The Ducks were the eighth overall seed in the tournament, meaing if Oregon wins its regional, it will also host the super regional the following week.
Also in the regional at PK Park will be San Francisco and Rice, which play at 2 p.m. Read more …

May 26, 2013

Oregon and Oregon State were among the 16 schools named Sunday evening to host regionals for the NCAA tournament that will open Friday.
The complete field for the tournament will be released Monday on ESPNU at 9 a.m.
UCLA was also chosen as a host for a regional, as was Cal State Fullerton in the West. Read more …

May 21, 2013

CORVALLIS — The nonconference baseball game scheduled for Tuesday between Oregon and Oregon State was rained out and won’t be rescheduled.
The fourth-ranked Beavers (43-9, 22-5 in the Pac-12) and the 11th-ranked Ducks (43-13, 20-8) will conclude their season with series that begin Friday against Pac-12 opponents, with OSU playing host to Washington State and Oregon traveling to Utah. Read more …

May 20, 2013

Losing the weekend series to Oregon State led to Oregon falling one spot in the latest Baseball America poll, with the Ducks now at No. 11.
The Beavers, who need one more Pac-12 win to clinch at least a share of the conference title, rose to No. 4 in the poll released Monday. UCLA is No. Read more …

May 19, 2013

Michael Conforto drove in six runs, including a grand slam in the second inning, as Oregon State closed in on a Pac-12 title with a 12-2 pounding of Oregon on Sunday at PK Park.
The sixth-ranked Beavers are 22-5 in the Pac-12 with the 10th-ranked Ducks at 20-7 heading into the final weekend of the conference season. Read more …

May 18, 2013

Oregon State moved back into sole possession of first place in the Pac-12 with a 9-0 thumping of Oregon on Saturday at PK Park.
The sixth-ranked Beavers are 21-5 in the Pac-12 with Oregon 20-6 entering Sunday’s final game of the series. Both teams also have another series next weekend, with OSU hosting Washington State while the Ducks travel to Utah. Read more …

May 17, 2013

Oregon moved into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 with a 3-0 victory over Oregon State on Friday at PK Park.
The 10th-ranked Ducks and Beavers are both 20-5 in the conference, with the series continuing today at 2 p.m. and Sunday at noon.
Oregon (43-11 overall) struck for its runs in the first two innings and Tommy Thorpe (6-4) blanked the sixth-ranked Beavers on two infield hits through eight innings before leaving to a huge ovation when he was relieved after walking the leadoff hitter in the ninth. Read more …

May 15, 2013

Oregon stretched its winning streak to eight games with a 4-1 triumph over Gonzaga on Wednesday night at PK Park.
The 10th-ranked Ducks (42-11) used four pitchers, three of them with limited previous appearances this season to limit the Bulldogs (32-18) to four hits as Oregon kept its momentum going into a weekend series against Oregon State for the Pac-12 lead. Read more …

May 14, 2013

Ryan Hambright singled with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night to give Oregon a 4-3 win over Gonzaga at PK Park.
Oregon (41-11) took its first lead at 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning when Mitchell Tolman singled in J.J. Altobelli, who opened the inning with a walk and was sacrificed to second. Read more …

May 13, 2013

Oregon freshman pitcher Cole Irvin was chosen as the Pac-12’s top pitcher for last week. Here’s the release from the conference:
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — USC redshirt senior outfielder Greg Zebrack has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week and Oregon freshman left-handed pitcher Cole Irvin has been tabbed Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week for May 6-12, the Conference office announced Monday. Read more …

About …

Steve Mims covers Oregon football, men's basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. He has been a sportswriter at the paper since 1999 and covered high school sports while also reporting on Oregon football in the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl as well as men's basketball during their Elite 8 run in 2007 and trip to the Sweet 16 in 2013.